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If you had an hour of school board time for George P. Phenix Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,438
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180002816
George P. Phenix Elementary
1061 Big Bethel Road, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 268-3500 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,438 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
151 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,252 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 98 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 161 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 171 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (136).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like George P. Phenix Elementary
George P. Phenix Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George P. Phenix Elementary this school | 1,438 | 87.1% | 81.0% |
| Hunter B. Andrews Hampton | 1,081 | 84.6% | 68.6% |
| Covington-Harper Elementary Dumfries | 1,025 | 70.2% | 79.4% |
| B.M. Williams Primary Chesapeake | 825 | 74.2% | N/A |
| Georgetown Primary Chesapeake | 804 | 72.6% | 60.0% |
| South Hill Elementary South Hill | 767 | 95.6% | 75.6% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where George P. Phenix Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #284 of 1,101 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #313 of 1,111 ▼ 54 | #3 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #357 of 1,111 ▼ 17 | #6 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,438 | #1 of 1,176 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #16 of 1,105 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #524 of 1,106 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #401 of 1,157 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.1% | #323 of 324 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,438
-39 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,412
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,438 | 150.5 | 9.6:1 | 87% (1,252) |
| 2023-24 | 1,559 | 152.7 | 10.2:1 | 86% (1,337) |
| 2022-23 | 1,516 | 159.8 | 9.5:1 | 83% (1,252) |
| 2020-21 | 1,477 | 142 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,436 | 120.3 | 11.9:1 | 38% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 1,414 | 113 | 12.5:1 | 34% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 1,412 | 68 | 20.8:1 | 30% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George P. Phenix Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,436 to 1,438); teachers up 25% (120.3 to 150.5).
About George P. Phenix Elementary
George P. Phenix Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hampton, Virginia. In all, 1,438 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 188% above the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Hampton City Public Schools has a total of 30 schools and 19,472 students, George P. Phenix Elementary among them.
About 57% of the student body at George P. Phenix Elementary is Black. Smaller groups are 20% White, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at George P. Phenix Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 150.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, George P. Phenix Elementary has a ratio of 9.6:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Income data for the school show 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, George P. Phenix Elementary outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for George P. Phenix Elementary is +16.6 points, in the top 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.0%, and the predicted rate is 64.4%.
The county, Hampton city, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $69,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 36 public schools and about 19,472 students.
George P. Phenix Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Bethel High, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around George P. Phenix Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. George P. Phenix Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.0% against a local average of 64.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
George P. Phenix Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel High0.3 mi · 1,769
- Alfred S. Forrest Elementary1.0 mi · 499
- Cesar Tarrant Middle1.2 mi · 737
- Christopher C. Kraft Elementary1.2 mi · 452
- Sedgefield Elementary1.2 mi · 425
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary1.3 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About George P. Phenix ElementaryHow large is George P. Phenix Elementary?
George P. Phenix Elementary enrolls approximately 1,438 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does George P. Phenix Elementary serve?
George P. Phenix Elementary serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at George P. Phenix Elementary?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at George P. Phenix Elementary.
What is the student diversity at George P. Phenix Elementary?
Student demographics at George P. Phenix Elementary are roughly 20% White, 8% Hispanic, 57% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is George P. Phenix Elementary in?
George P. Phenix Elementary is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.